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bobbieinok

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2. MLK major influence on my life as well.

Reply to ChazInAz (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 01:21 PM

Oct 2017

One of the reasons I took part in a sit-in in the spring of my senior year (1961).* Arrested and found guilty.

* I find it cool that was the same year Obama was born!!

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Ever see MLK in person? [View all] bobbieinok Oct 2017 OP

I did. ChazInAz Oct 2017 #1

MLK major influence on my life as well. bobbieinok Oct 2017 #2

I was 8 or 9 and went to IWU to see him with my Mom. redstatebluegirl Oct 2017 #3

From a distance in the crowd - March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963 eleny Oct 2017 #4

I stayed at the Memphis motel where he was killed. lpbk2713 Oct 2017 #5

WOW that is such an honor. Dem_4_Life Oct 2017 #6